England are almost always there, thereabouts, or nearly thereabouts! It's the getting over the line thingy we don't have any history with, despite a never-ending stream of filthy talent.
I'd be generally (and happily) floored if we won anything in my lifetime.
@bookertease We could have a whole thread on Songs Not Sung at Wycombe Games Anymore. Somebody mentioned a while back the other "Wanderers" song, pacier and more energising.
My personal favourites are the "Come on You Blues" chant, very occasionally still heard at corners and the never now heard "Bring on the Wycombe", which used to be a feature of the last minutes before kick off in big games. Packed shoulder-to-shoulder in the Valley End, all anticipation and excitement, even in the Old Blokes corner. Heady memories.
The only reason Italy won that game was because Mr Negative told his team to back off and sit on a lead 2nd half ! We played them off the park 1st half.
Ok negative might be too harsh, maybe Mr Over Cautious
I'm sure the Italian defenders who put the masterclass on that day will be glad to know it had nothing to do with them. Mourinho said they could offer classes on defending at Harvard but what does he know.
We ran out of steam and it became obvious they'd love penalties, it's too easy to say we didn't want to attack or to blame the manager for the last half hour of the final but not credit him for us being there for the first time in 40 years.
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England are almost always there, thereabouts, or nearly thereabouts! It's the getting over the line thingy we don't have any history with, despite a never-ending stream of filthy talent.
I'd be generally (and happily) floored if we won anything in my lifetime.
In which case, is it possible to put a bet on in another country, such as Vipienne?
The ID verification rules around gambling are very strict because of the potential for money laundering.
Yes. But England (and everyone else) will be the same price in any other country.
Italians said it was the only team talk they needed before they won at Wembley.
Italy won that game because some people were singing a song?
Interpreting that song as a sign of English arrogance is as thick as it gets. It's the opposite
True but debatable wether it is the poster and opposition teams getting this wrong or fans who only sing that one part of the song.
Bit hard on people who aren't native speakers!
So it's only England fans whose optimism grows the further they progress in a tournament?
As a sidenote, I've been at hundreds of Wycombe games and sang that "we're by far the greatest team the world has ever seen"
Just let people enjoy football and the thought that their team might win something. There's plenty of time to be sad when it's all over
I don’t get your point. We ARE by far the greatest team the world has ever seen!
(As a side note I can’t remember the last time I heard that sung).
If the final is yet again England Italy then the fans can sing Shaddap You Face and we'll see if it makes a difference.
Middlesbrough sing "the finest team in football, the world has ever seen"
QPR sing "the finest football team, the world has ever seen"
Research continues
Rumour is Derby sing " We cheat, we scam, we don't pay our bills"
@bookertease We could have a whole thread on Songs Not Sung at Wycombe Games Anymore. Somebody mentioned a while back the other "Wanderers" song, pacier and more energising.
My personal favourites are the "Come on You Blues" chant, very occasionally still heard at corners and the never now heard "Bring on the Wycombe", which used to be a feature of the last minutes before kick off in big games. Packed shoulder-to-shoulder in the Valley End, all anticipation and excitement, even in the Old Blokes corner. Heady memories.
And Under Armour apparently don't know the tune it should be sung to.
The only reason Italy won that game was because Mr Negative told his team to back off and sit on a lead 2nd half ! We played them off the park 1st half.
Ok negative might be too harsh, maybe Mr Over Cautious
What I can't understand about that game is that it was obviously going wrong in the same way as against Croatia and we didn't try something different!
My favourite (going back many years) was 'In Dublin's Fair City'. I also enjoyed the irony of singing 'In Your Leatherhead* Slums'
*Substitute any affluent, leafy, London suburban Isthmian league team. Slightly less ironic at the likes of Leytonstone and Walthamstow...
Walthamstow is all fancy coffee shops and beanie hats these days.
No chop shops then?
Chip
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chop_shop
I'm sure the Italian defenders who put the masterclass on that day will be glad to know it had nothing to do with them. Mourinho said they could offer classes on defending at Harvard but what does he know.
We ran out of steam and it became obvious they'd love penalties, it's too easy to say we didn't want to attack or to blame the manager for the last half hour of the final but not credit him for us being there for the first time in 40 years.
A nation screamed at their TVs for subs.
That seemed the obvious reaction to me!
Oh it is very much used in an arrogant way by many even if that wasn’t the original intention of those who wrote it, or those like you who sing it.
It's a terrific song to sing along to, got loads going on. Uplifting, wistful, nostalgic, hopeful, and just a great happy sing-along anthem
I love it
The fact it is still pretty much the main England song 28 years after it was written shows the catchy genius of it.
Football’s coming home? (Memory lapse after this glut of posts.)
I love it too.